Red Sky

by Mariah McCarthy

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Red Sky is about my frustration with the inaction of the government on climate change issues. I began writing this song on the Code Red day Victoria experienced back in 2019. I sat in my house as the entire sky turned red and feared for the summer that was to come.

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Oh the sky is turning red
Look the clouds have gone and bled
We’ve been warned time and again
But it’s too late this time to mend

All this time you watched on
Pretending that nothing’s wrong
But we see, we see

As Mother cries her tears
Watching all you haven’t done
And after so many years
The time has finally come
That we can say
Look what you’ve done

Hug your babes hold them tight
This is the end our last night
Our homes on fire, there’s no help to send
‘Cause it’s too late, this time to mend

All this time you watched on
Pretending that nothing wrong
But we see, we see

As Mother cries her tears
Watching all you haven’t done
And after so many years
The time has finally come
That we can say
Look what you’ve done

Follow the leader with no plan
Bend the truth when you can
Just to hold your life dear
But honey, now it’s clear your dollars won’t save you
Now the end is near

All this time you watched on
Pretending that nothing wrong
But we see, we see

As Mother cries her tears
Watching all you haven’t done
And after so many years
The time has finally come
That we can say
Look what you’ve done

credits

released August 19, 2022
Written and performed by Mariah McCarthy
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Woods at Bald Hill Music Studio

Second acoustic guitar, backing vocals & percussion by Ben Langdon
Backing vocals & percussion by Cassie Ward
Double bass by Isaac Gunnoo

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Mariah McCarthy Bendigo, Australia

Hailing from small town Heathcote and a darling of the thriving Bendigo music scene, Folk artist Mariah McCarthy is one of Central Victoria’s most prized possessions. With delicately woven songs rich in storytelling, Mariah broaches themes of love, loss, betrayal and tragedy with authenticity, an often haunting melancholy but always a glimmer of precious hope. ... more

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